NEW HAVEN, CONN. — The University of Pennsylvania men's squash team dropped its second loss of the season in the Ivy League opener at Yale, 5-4.
 
Salman Khalil and Marwan Abdelsalam added wins to their resumes in the second and third positions.
 
Abdelsalam's match stretched for longer than an hour and a half as the sophomore gutted out a 3-2 win.
 
Zane Patel recorded another win, his second in the last two days, as he defeated Yale's Rick Chen 3-1.
 
Varun Chitturi had the final win of the day for the Quakers, defeating Bennett Eun in four games.
 
This is the first time since February 2024 that Penn has lost back-to-back matches.
 
Men's Results vs. Yale:

1. Tad Carney (Yale) def. Omar Hafez 11-3, 11-9, 11-7
2. Salman Khalil def. Lachlan Sutton (Yale) 11-2, 11-6, 12-10
3. Marwan Abdelsalam def. Arav Bhagwati (Yale) 12-14, 11-7, 13-11, 11-13, 11-7
4. Rohan Gondi (Yale) def. Alex Dartnell 3-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-9
5. Rishi Srivastava (Yale) def. Rustin Wiser 11-9, 11-8, 11-5
6. Zane Patel def. Rick Chen (Yale) 11-5, 11-2, 10-12, 11-8
7. Oliver Velasco (Yale) def. Gregory Malsang 10-12, 16-14, 11-7, 11-7
8. Varun Chitturi def. Bennett Eun (Yale) 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-2
9. Jack O'Flynn (Yale) def. Will Newman 5-11, 13-11, 12-10, 11-7

 
Up Next
The Quakers will head to New York for CSA Individual Championships beginning Saturday, Jan. 24.